Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3181 to 3185 (21 to 25 March 2016)
Nepiophage:
I've decided that I like Juicy. I feel she is, it is true, impulsive, thoughtless and silly; but essentially a kind and generous person. Much nicer than say, Faye.
War Sparrow:
No, miss Juicy, it is not "okay if you're holding him." It is a health and safety code violation. So unless it is a really poorly trained service dog, leave him outside and hang up your phone.
People like this bother me.
blt:
--- Quote from: Shremedy on 21 Mar 2016, 19:13 ---Unicorns and Pegasi -
Yes, it's an amusing conceit for story purposes. I don't know about anyone else here, but (as a veteran) I am frankly alarmed at the notion that a bio/chem weapon detection system can be manipulated/spoofed in such a way to generate visual/olfactory hallucinations. Kind of undermines the reliability of something that lives could literally depend on, especially if the hallucination were designed to be something not so obviously unreal...
"It's all right, Colonel, you can sent the human battalion through, nothing here but an olive grove..." (as opposed to an Alice Grove...)
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Not to overthink a one off/two off joke or anything, but if I can bullsh*t with technobabble...
Maybe the bio/chem weapon detection system functions separately from the main processes of B's brain, so as to free up thinking room for more interactive high-level tasks, only popping up a warning and description for her when something is amiss (like a brain-HUD). However by focusing on smelling the tea, B is tapping into the process, and getting a lot more information out of it she wasn't meant to directly process, and the active side of her brain is filling in the gaps as if she was actively seeing it.
Sort of like an artist trying to describe the feeling of a spring day with a page or two worth of flowery metaphors.
At least that's how I justify it to myself. :psyduck:
osaka:
Where's Emily's hyper-powered rubber mallet when you need it?
Martin:
Poor Hannelore, she has mutch to learn.
Faye and/or Dorra would have handled Juicy a little bit different... :-D
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